Legislative Update Presented at Tonight's Spring Branch ISD Board Meeting

At tonight's Spring Branch ISD Board meeting Dr. Diane Jackson, SBISD's Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs, and I gave the Board a Legislative Update.  You can view the outline for the update as well as links for the handouts provided to the Board below:

Legislative Update November 28, 2005

I.          Supreme Court’s Opinion in Shirley Neeley, Texas Commissioner of Education, et. al. (Appellants) v. West Orange Cove Consolidated Independent School District, et. al. (Appellees)

A.         Opinion Summary prepared by the Court staff

B.         Governor Perry's press release

C.         Speaker Tom Craddick's press release

D.         Commissioner Neeley's press release

E.         Attorney General Abbott's press release

F.         School districts' attorneys' press release

G.         Rep. Grusendorf's (Chairman House Public Education Committee) Statement (added 11/29/05)

II.                  The Tax Reform Commission meeting held 11/21

III.                Speaker Craddick's Interim Study Charges for Public Education

IV.                The TEA’s 65% Task Force

A.         Task Force Members

B.         Governor Perry's Executive Order and press release

            V.         Implementation of HB 914

         

A.         TASA question and answer on implementation of HB 914

B.         HB 914 Compliance forms (CIQ and CIS)

VI. Legislative Initiatives

A. Campus visits

B. Legislators Forum -- February 1, 2006 at Memorial High School

C. Possible HD 133 and SD 7 candidate forum